The Texas Senate has already moved 30 conservative priority bills forward, as senators are putting in long hours and worked tirelessly. "This Legislative Session brought the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic... and the winter storm, which continues to require our attention as we put solutions forward,' said Lt. Gov. Patrick.
"Democrats have long signaled their intent to pack the Supreme Court with activist judges to rubber stamp their radical agenda. ," said U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, following President Biden’s announcement ordering a commission to study "expanding" the U.S. Supreme Court.
State Senator Paul Bettencourt, along with 9 joint-authors, passed Senate Bill 10 by 17-13 margin, moving the effort to stop the practice of taxpayer funded lobbying one step closer to being reality. 91% of Texans recently said they oppose using tax dollars to fund lobbyists.
In an effort to make further and significant steps to reduce property taxes without cutting education funding, State Rep. Jacey Jetton announced his support for House Bill 59 by Chairman Andrew Murr and House Bill 958 by Chairman Tom Oliverson.
The issue in question was whether the employees at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, wanted to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union – not, as The Washington Post, owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos put it: a contest of "Big Tech vs. Its Workers."
After naming Vice President Kamala Harris as "Border Czar" in early-April, and charging her to determine the “root causes” of the crisis while stemming the flow of illegal migrants, what has President Biden done to address the rapidly growing crisis? Here's how you make the illegal immigration surge even worse.
The current U.S.-Mexican Border Crisis was created by one man, and one man alone – U.S. President Joe Biden, says Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The Mexican leader also faulted Biden for allowing criminal organizations, drug cartels & human smugglers to run rampant on the border.
About 900,000 Texas school students are currently attending around 1,000 "failing" Texas schools — almost 1 in 5 children. Sen. Paul Bettencourt's "Family Educational Relief Program" – currently being considered by the Texas Legislature in Austin – is a bi-partisan bill that would help Low-Income Families solve their educational roadblocks.
Despite concerns that gambling in Texas would boost crime in the state, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's opposition to allowing gambling to gain a foothold in the Lone Star State, the House State Affairs Committee and its Chairman, State Rep. Chris Paddie, plan to hold a hearing on the controversial issue Wednesday morning in Austin.
"This is a massive Social Welfare Spending Program, combined with a massive tax increase on Small Business job creators. I can't think of a worse thing to do than that," said Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, noting that his fellow Republicans in Congress are concerned about the administration's massive scale of unrelated spending – with more still to come.
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) recommendation to pause all administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
With the potential for severe weather approaching, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds Texans they can purchase certain items tax-free during the state’s sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today following the unanimous passage of 2 election security bills, Senate Bill 1234, by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, and Senate Bill 598, by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham
Am I the only one who finds it head-scratching that President Joe Biden – who wants to spend $2 trillion of taxpayer money on "infrastructure" – is the same president whose first act in the White House was to kill a multibillion-dollar oil & gas pipeline that would create some 15,000 jobs?
The deep personal toll of the crisis on our Southern Border's been on full display for weeks, but was best encapsulated in the tragic video of a 10-year old boy abandoned by the group he was traveling with desperately asking for help. The heartbreaking reality is the toll this crisis has taken on the children being trafficked into the U.S.
"As a father to six, seeing unaccompanied children (in conditions like this) is heartbreaking. Freeman Coliseum will be at capacity this weekend, and I have three other facilities like this in my district," said Cong. Tony Gonzales Friday after visiting the Unaccompanied Minors Temporary Housing Facility.
Texans want secure elections, strong and reliable rural broadband, a resilient electric grid, and good pro-life policies. I'm glad to report that the Texas Senate has passed Comprehensive Legislation on each of those topics.
The Democrats’ manner of debate these days can be boiled down to one thing: Label everything conservatives do as "racist." It’s a clever tactic because it avoids discussing the actual merits of an issue (they always lose on the merits,) and puts conservatives on the defensive.
